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| - My old man is OBSESSED with Chinese food. This can be a problem when he wants it for every meal, and I only crave it about once every couple of months. Since I dragged him along to Vegas for a soccer tournament I was playing in, and he would be forced to pretend to enjoy watching me play in the sweltering heat for several hours each day, I decided to oblige his love of Chinese food and get dinner in Chinatown.
He chose Wendy's Noodle Cafe, based on the great Yelp reviews. They had a couple of vegetarian options, but not tons. Your usual options were there - veggie spring rolls, vegetable fried rice, vegetable chow mein.
We ordered the veggie spring rolls, vegetable chow mein, and my old man got something that was seafood and noodles - it might have been called seafood and noodles. The seafood included squid, fish, and shrimp.
I thought the spring rolls were particularly good - it is difficult to make an outstanding spring roll, they are generally all good, but few are great. These were great.
The vegetable chow mein was not as good. I didn't like the sauce, I felt it had too much corn starch or something...couldn't really put my finger on it, but there was something about the sauce I wasn't into. Also, the noodles were very thin, and I like thicker noodles. Not a major failure, just not my cup of tea.
My old man loved the seafood noodles thing. He said the shrimp was perfectly cooked, and he even had an entire conversation with our server about how well-cooked and fresh the squid was. She said they get it fresh each day, it comes whole, and they prepare and cut it there.
I would definitely like to try Wendy's again, but I would not order the vegetable chow mein. Although they don't have a ton of vegetarian options, I'm sure they would change up a recipe for me if I asked - the staff seemed very friendly and accommodating.
Oh, and their iced tea is excellent.
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